Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Obesity through Nutritional Interventions

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1083009

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The nutritional environmental experienced by an individual before birth and in early infancy is a critical determinant of their risk of obesity and assocaited metabolic disorders in later life. Over the course of this fellowship, I will focus on defining the nutritional factors which are the key drivers of this metabolic programming. My ultimate aim is to identify nutritional interventions during pregnancy and/or early infancy which can improve the long-term health outcomes of the child and redu

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $477,180.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutritional Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

child health | fetal programming | intervention | maternal nutrition | obesity

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